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Isoferroplatinum from
Vaal Reefs South Mine, Klerksdorp, City of Matlosana Local Municipality, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Isoferroplatinum
Formula:Pt3Fe
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Isoferroplatinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vaal Reefs South Mine, Klerksdorp, City of Matlosana Local Municipality, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:139134
Long-form Identifier:1:3:139134:3
GUID (UUID V4):b4a362fa-36b4-4a70-9499-828c68765ac6
References
Cabri, Louis J., Feather, Clive E. (1975) Platinum-Iron Alloys: A Nomenclature Based on a Study of Natural and Synthetic Alloys. The Canadian Mineralogist, 13 (2) 117-126
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Daltry, V. D. C. (1997) Mineralogy of South Africa: Type-Mineral Species and Type-Mineral Names. Handbook 15. Geological Survey of South Africa
Report (issue)
HANDBOOK 15 OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA...AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES by V.D.C Daltry HANDBOOK15... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria...request or consult the latest edition of the Catalogue of, publications of the Council for Geoscience (obtainable
Feather, C. E. (1976) Mineralogy of platinum-group minerals in the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Economic Geology, 71 (7) 1399-1428 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.71.7.1399
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grains in the Precambrian Witwatersrand conglomerate reefs are (Ir, Os, Ru) alloys. Osmium, iridosmine, osmiridium...filled with exsolutionlamellae of (Pt, Fe) alloy. Discrete grains of this alloy proved to be isoferroplatinumof...Sperrylite and isoferroplatinummake up 15 to 20 percent of the platinum-groupmineral grains and account for...rhodium sulfide and (Pt, Rh, Ru) alloy. Free grains of geversite,moncheite,sudburyite,and stibiopalladinite...partial or completealteration of (Ir, Os, Ru) alloys has resultedin mixtures of erlichmanite, irarsite, osarsite
 
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